On the continuous functioning of an internal mechanism that drives the Eastern Mediterranean thermohaline circulation: The recent activation of the Aegean Sea as a dense water source area

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 484-489

  Krokos, George ^a   Velaoras, Dimitris ^a   Korres, Gerasimos ^a   Perivoliotis, Leonidas ^a   Theocharis, Alexander ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Dense water formation; Eastern Mediterranean; Internal processes; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DENSE WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; INTERMEDIATE WATERS; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

BELT CONVEYORS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

STREAM FLOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 84888437293     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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